The Marlin Democrat
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, March 3, 1904

CITY ORDINANCE PROHIBITING
SHOOTING OF FIREWORKS
IN THE CITY
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     Much interest has been shown in the opinion by Judge Hunnicutt in the county court to the effect that the City ordinance prohibiting the shooting of fire works in the city limits was unconstitutional. Some seem to have gotten the impression that the opinion holds that the city cannot regulate this character of offenses, and this impression is wrong.  No such contention was made by the attorney for the defense and no such decision has been made by the court. As stated in the DEMOCRAT, the court passed on the ordinance heretofore existing and not upon the right of the council to pass and enforce a valid ordinance on the subject. The fatal defect in the present ordinance is that provision which attempts to invest the mayor with the authority to suspend the ordinance when he may deem it proper. The constitution vests the power of suspension of laws solely in the legislature, and that is resorted to only in very rare cases.


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